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Photos: Lester Butler, Bruce Willis and the Planet Hollywood band

Check out these rare photos featuring Bruce Willis and Lester Butler onstage in 1995.

Lester Butler relaxes at Moscow’s Chesterfield Cafe, 1997

A look at Lester Butler’s 1997 residency at the Chesterfield Cafe in Moscow.

London’s Borderline club forever tied to Red Devils’ myth

Mick Jagger, live bootlegs, and a farewell: London’s Borderline club is a key part of The Red Devils’ story.

Paris on fire: Hook Herrera joins Lester Butler at Chesterfield Cafe, 1996

A look at Lester Butler’s 1996 residency at the Chesterfield Cafe in Paris.

Butler: ‘Just like good sex!’

The Red Devils “pitch an incendiary sound mix” in this classic Lester Butler interview from San Diego, 1993.

Obscure Papa Lightfoot energized Lester Butler’s sound

Papa Lightfoot recorded only a handful of singles, and missed out on the blues revival era. But this obscure bluesman’s slashing style made an impression on Lester Butler. #KingKingXXX

The Red Devils rock London’s Tower Records, 1993

Listen as The Red Devils play a live set at Tower Records in Piccadilly Circus, London, on July 16, 1993.

Lester Butler & 13 reviews, collected

Reviews for 1997’s “13 featuring Lester Butler” were collected at the time by Jasper Heikens for the Lester Butler Tribute Site. These long-lost reviews provide a snapshot of a moment in time when Butler was still breaking ground, “the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion meets Little Walter.”

Butler and Size share a laugh at Moulin 1998

Check out these two candid backstage photos of Lester Butler and Paul Size at the Moulin Blues Festival on May 2, 1998.

Intveld on Butler: ‘Taking something beyond where it’s been before’

Lester Butler and 13 were supposed to play their first gig at the Dixie Belle Restaurant in Downey on June 27, 1998. Butler never made it, but a tribute show was held for him that night. (An article that day noted Smokey Hormel, Steven Hodges and John Bazz all playing.) The man who promoted the show, EdContinue reading “Intveld on Butler: ‘Taking something beyond where it’s been before’”